Very interesting find! Roman lead sling 'bullets'

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Very interesting find! Roman lead sling 'bullets'

12th October 2016, 09:15 PM	#5
Kmaddock Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 543	Being a more dense material it would definitely be a better projectile However, I do not think the toxicity of lead was any way relevant to it being a projectile material. The Romans used lead acetate as a sweetener for their wine and lead containers for their drinks, this would imply they had no knowledge of the lead toxicity Regards Ken

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